List of places named for Christopher Columbus
- List of places named for Christopher Columbus
A number of places, mostly in the Western Hemisphere, have been named after Christopher Columbus, the voyager who was the first European to make the New World widely known to Europeans.
*British Columbia, province of Canada
*Colombia and the earlier Greater Colombia, country of South America.
*Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka (altered by the Portuguese from a similar-sounding native name)
*Colon, Panama, city
*Colon (Panamanian province)
*Columbia, Maryland, census-designated place
*Columbia, Missouri, city
*Columbia, South Carolina, city
*Columbia River, United States
*Colombo (Brazilian municipality and city in the state of Paraná, Brazil)
*Columbus, Georgia, city
*Columbus, Indiana, city
*Columbus, Mississippi, city
*Columbus, Wisconsin, city
*Columbus, Ohio, city
*District of Columbia
*Columbiana County, Ohio
*Columbiana, Ohio, city
*Columbia County, Pennsylvania
*Columbus Circle, New York, New York
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